Resource connections view

Use the Resource connections view to display the connections between resources.

The Resource Connections View displays a visual representation of the connections between program and transaction resources. The view is interactive. You can select a program or transaction and the connections related to that resource will be displayed in the Connections view.

The Resource Visualization view and the Resource Connections view displays a visual repesentation of the connections between program and transaction resources. The program EQZ2REQH is selected.

In the screen image, the Resource Connections view displays the connections between programs and transactions, starting with program EQZ2REQH selected in the upper view. You can hover the mouse pointer over a connection line to display a tool tip which contains information about the call.

A program may be highlighted with an operation icon The operation or "gear" icon indicates that the program has multiple connections to other resources. For example, the program may be an initial program of a transaction or it may have more than one incoming connection.

A resource connection diagram showing Programs with the operation icon. You can use the CICS SM editor to change the program definition of such programs.

The operation icon indicates that you can modify the resource definition for this program using the CICS® SM editor. Right-click on the program and from the context menu, click Open CICS SM Editor. You must be connected to CICS SM to edit the program definition. When you click on a resource node or a connection, that element and its siblings are highlighted.

By default, only programs and transactions are displayed in the Resource Connections view. You can display other elements by selecting them in the Resource Filter. Click Show filters in the view toolbar and make your selection from the filter list.

You can use the Resource Filters dialog to select the resources you want to display in the Resource connections view. By default, Transaction and Programs are selected.

The Resource Filter contains resource type names for CICS, DB2®, IMS™ and MQ resources.

If you select Regions and Applications in the Resource Filter, the resources will be grouped into regions and application.
This image shows the resources grouped into Regions and Applications. You can select this format by select Regions and Applications in the Resource Filter.
Note: If you select or deselect Applications or Regions in the Resource Filter the diagram is rebuilt. The diagram is not rebuilt when filtering other resource types.

By default, the diagram is displayed in a horizontal layout. For example:

By default, the resource connection diagram is shown in a horizontally.

You can change the orientation of the diagram from horizontal to vertical to make it easier to read. Click the Orientation tool You can use the orientation tool on the toolbar to change the diagram between horizontal and vertical orientation. on the view toolbar. Click Orientation again to return to a horizontal diagram.